can't get transparent image in flare topic

[cayennep]

It's showing up as black - transparent in snagit and other image editors, but whether I copy and paste it or put it in the project and drag it, it's black in the editor.

Haven't tried publishing as i got one that works but am I missing something?

[doc_guy]

I've had trouble pasting transparent images in various programs.

Better to save the image (save it in your project/content/resources/images directory), and then insert the image into Flare.

[LTinker68]

Don't know if this is still an issue, but it used to be that if you had enabled the option to create a copy of any resized images then that copy was either in a different file format and/or lost transparency information. (If it saved as JPG it would definitely lose transparency info.) I never used that feature because I always designed my images to fit the medium, so I can't remember exactly what happened, but check to see if you have that option enabled.

[ajturnersurrey]

This thread didn't quite answer the question, but was enough of a memory jogger for me to bring to mind what I've had to do in the past, so I will add it here for anyone searching in the future.

In the target, turn off "downsample images above:" AND set compression to "Automatic" (not "JPEG") - this has an effect despite the whole option being turned off, don't ask me why.

Now your image transparency is respected...